Hope4Bath

As 2022 draws to a close, what will help you as you face the unknown in 2023?  Friends and family? We can thank God for such.  Your own positive thinking or determination? We do learn that for all their good, family, friends and self-effort are not enough to calm our fears and anxieties; they cannot ….  Read More

WISE MEN  ‘And when they (the wise men) had come into the house, THEY SAW THE YOUNG CHILD WITH MARY HIS MOTHER, and fell down and worshipped Him’, Matthew chapter 2 verse11. It has often been said that WISE MEN always SEEK for Christ; and when wise men FIND Him, they always WORSHIP Him.  How ….  Read More

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all ….  Read More

SIMEON  ‘He (Simeon) took Him (Jesus) up in his arms and blessed God and said: Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for MY EYES HAVE SEEN YOUR SALVATION’, Luke chapter 2 verses 28-30. It would seem at first glance that we know very little about Simeon. However, ….  Read More

And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. 22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the ….  Read More

One of the most thrilling experiences for any young married couple is to welcome their firstborn child into the world. If, in the 1st century AD, that child proved to be the long-promised Messiah that the nation of Israel had longed for to bring them deliverance from their enemies, their joy would have been unbounded! ….  Read More

Luke chapter 2 verses 1-20  And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. 4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city ….  Read More

‘Then the angel said to them (shepherds), Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people, for there is born to you this day in the city of David A SAVIOUR, WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD’ Luke chapter 2 verses 10-11. The news of ….  Read More

‘An angel of the Lord appeared to him (Joseph) in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit, and she will bring forth a Son, and YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME JESUS, for ….  Read More

Luke chapter 1 verses 26-38  Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favoured one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”  ….  Read More